About block 959,029
Bitcoin block 959,029 was mined by SpiderPool on July 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM UTC, 16 min 48 s after block 959,028. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,523 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0332 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1582 BTC for this block.
Block 959,029 is number 1,430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,971 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,738 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.